Heidi Bruder

Once again, it has been far too long since I’ve posted.  Much is going on in life right now and many people have been asking for updates so here we go!
Grad School:
As I write this, Mike is at the last class session of his MBA program!  Wow.  2 years, a lot of life changes and [...]

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Ok, in defense of my son and Simon, I needed to write a follow up to yesterday’s “Little Joe” posting.  When the boys came upstairs a bit later, I asked them if they had found the story of Little Joe.  Noah said, “No.  We could only find the one where he was thrown into the [...]

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Noah had his good buddy Simon over to play today.  A little bit ago, I meandered downstairs to see what the boys were up to.  They were sitting on Noah’s bed intently pouring over his children’s Bible.  Here is our conversation as it transpired.
Me:  Hey guys.  How’s it going?
Simon:  Good.
Noah:  I’m trying to find the [...]

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October 26th. Happy 4th Birthday Noah! Wow, it is impossible to believe that you are already 4 years old! (I’m stuck by how quickly time passes. More and more, I wish I had a pause button to push on life.)
Noah, I’m so proud of who you are. You are [...]

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I have some exciting news to announce…The Bruder family is growing! We are expecting a baby around April 28th, 2009! (Keeping in mind my track record of long pregnancies, we are expecting this little one to arrive sometime in May).
As of this writing, I am 13 weeks along. I’m ecstatic to let [...]

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Hard to believe that it is already Wednesday.  Vacation weeks go by too quickly.  It’s been a fun week of relaxing, golf (Mike, not me), swimming, tubing, boating and today it was fishing.  This fishing adventure has been a long time coming for Noah.  He and his buddy Simon have been telling each other tales [...]

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My Grandma came home from Montana today!  She has been there for nearly 5 months, caring for an ailing friend.  What a joyful reunion we had at the airport today!  The great-grandkids were ecstatic to see her and it was obvious the feelings were mutual.  What a festive homecoming!!!  It is SO to have her [...]

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I am a journaler.  I love to journal.  I enjoy being able to look back and see how the Lord has answered prayers and led me through difficult times.  I was looking back over my journals tonight and I saw one that caught my eye.  On Thanksgiving Day 2007, I was asked to share a [...]

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I had a sacred moment today. It was 3 pm. Noah awoke from an extraordinarily long nap and was drowsy. He stumbled out of bed and padded into the living room. He saw me resting on the couch and climbed in under the blanket next to me. We laid there [...]

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